What have we done to the world

Earth Song - Крик Земли

В знак памяти выдающегося человека, который первый на Земле выступил против транснациональных корпораций в защиту экваториальных лесов и посвятил этому свою жизнь. За что было оклеветан, раздавлен, уничтожен финансово а затем и убит. Почтите память прослушав его удивительную и честную композицию "Крик Земли".

What about rain
What about all the things
That you said we were to gain...
What about killing fields
Is there a time
What about all the things
That you said was yours and mine...
Did you ever stop to notice
All the blood we've shed before
Did you ever stop to notice
The crying Earth the weeping shores?

The truth about an inconsistency of modern fundamental science.

Through the death of billions to the happiness of golden billion.

The truth about an inconsistency of modern fundamental science.

Everyone living on the Earth feels the high speed of events changing in the ambient world. Civilization in 20 century made the gigantic leap in the development of technogenic systems. We have invaded the surrounding world at supersonic speeds subjugating all that somehow can serve us faithfully. The desire of possibility accumulation has reached the apogee. The regularity of such approach to life is the time we are living in. Moral values which are declared in the world today do not correspond to reality. Often there comes a moment in human life when the truth becomes bitter. The wise person accepts the bitter truth henceforth not to repeat errors, to release himself from moral responsibility. And when the answer time will come, nobody could tell him: you knew that and haven't done anything as a result! Unfortunately today such people are in minority.

Truth has no derivatives, it doesn't require conjectures. It is either there or not. And the truth is: we live in a world where the only criterion of all valueable is money. Money are the great God of our civilization. They define the priorities, dictate life rules and control the world. There is the question "what should move the person forward?". The money just are the yardstick which usually stops him in his development. Confirmation of this idea is the access to grants, a very interesting & "bold" theme with a beautiful derivative - the money kickbacks or an obligatory mention of the science Guru in any scientific treatise.

The modern science is entirely dependent on funds wich receives from society. Society defines the tasks of science, and it (the science) work out the invested funds and the worst - often fills the order of money by legitimizing the conclusions that are contrary to the truth.

We must admit to ourselves that the modern science is not able to suggest nothing intelligible and understandable to society at the crisis time. The Earth is covered by ulcers of problems that are beginning to grow and press on mankind with excessive force.

Global climate change, hunger, depletion of freshwater resources, biosphere extinction, soil degradation, environmental and technological disasters - is the incomplete list of problems surrounding us. The society appeals to a science for the recipe what to do & how to change the situation. But the science makes a serious mine and continues to squander billions of dollars. Theoretically we could forgive them for inactivity and populism, but our life is at stake. I know that you, as well as I, feel great anxiety when receive information about our future from official sources. To the fore is the degradation of science and moral squeeze of society. How can you evaluate the WHO statement that a pandemic of H1N1 can carry up to 30 million people's lives? Statement by the experts that 250 million people living in Africa will be deprived of drinking water and this is the same death sentence. Hundreds millions of people in the next few years will become climate refugees. The cynicism of some scientists about the climate wars causes a storm of indignation of any normal person. There is a simple conclusion - we are a civilization of extras and cruel people, where the life (to a huge regret) became the unit of prospective losses, damages and nothing more...

Over the last 10 years the position of modern science has changed from the formula: we will win, we are omnipotent! - to the formula: We must to adapt! I am convinced that humanity is coming to the line when by default we will receive a signal from the science - "save yourselves!"... We are ready to save ourselves, but then there is a question. Gentlemen scholars, we gave you the right to choose directions of civilization development. Dear academics, we believe you and carry out your recommendations. We have defined your place in society with all privileges and are not prepared to save ourselves. Gentlemen scientists, you were our faith, but it turns that you are our lie. It would be unfair to gather under one scheme all scientists, but the truth is that modern science - is a dogmatize system with all shortcomings (unfortunately, they are inherent in our society), the machine for the destruction of dissent in the scientific community. How can we trust the IPCC experts (Nobel laureates) who rig the facts in their researches? How can we believe the Ministry of Health after the fraud with vaccines? Actually we have come to that terrible line where may be a crash of human values. Society no longer believe in science and it is the shortest way to our extinction. Any sane person understands that the failure of science or selfishness of its representatives - is a direct path to our destruction.

My words may cause some irony - the science is able to solve the problem, it needs some time, you will say. I agree that time is an important component in solving of any problems. And it is very good when we have a time. And if we haven't?

The Member of the secretary Odessa regional organization of the National journalist's alliance of Ukraine,

the Member of the Supervisory board Public academic university "Evolution of reason". 

valery.baranovsky@nauera.org

Fax:+38048 7185290

via http://en.perspectiva.info/component/content/article/44-news-frontpage/110-press-conference-by-unian.html

My name is Bill Foster

My name is Bill Foster,
my home is in Glocester,
I work in a textile mill there.
When I walk down the street
all the people I meet say,
„Hello, what’s your name?”
and I say …

Vegetarians don't eat meat

My mate Stuart is a funny bloke. He's an insomniac, he's dyslexic, and he's an atheist.
He's single, unemployed, and lives all alone in a small basement flat without even a pet for company. Also he's vegetarian and teetotal, and he doesn't touch caffeine. He's pretty anti-social, actually.
I went round to see him last Sunday. As I walked up the drive, his dog started barking. His wife answered the door, and we went upstairs to their living room. He was in a bad mood because he had overslept that morning and had been late for church. He had a bit of a hangover, as well. Over a cup of coffee, he told me about the wild party that they'd had at his house the night before. They'd had a barbecue in the garden with hamburgers and hot dogs. One of his favorite pastimes is crosswords, and he spends his entire lunch break at work doing them.
'So how are you, Stuart?' I asked him the other day.
'KO, mate, KO. How about you?' Anyway, as I said, Stuart's an insomniac, dyslexic, atheist.
So the joke is that he lies awake all night wondering about the existence of dog. Get it?

It's Still a Man's World

This evening Robin Knight's guests on the popular TV program Question and Answer are Sir Henry Richards, MP for South London and Minister for Social Affairs, and Susan Decker, feminist and trade union leader.
ROBIN K. ... Our next question comes from Mrs. Mary Bray. Mrs. Bray, please.
MARY B. Thank you, Robin. My question is this: 'Do your guests agree that we need to do more to give women equal opportunities with men at work?'
ROBIN K. Minister, I'm sure you have some ideas about this. Would you like to start?
HENRY R. Thank you, Robin. Well, Mrs. Bray, I'm interested in that word 'more'. I mean, there are problems for women, but I think that we can all agree that society has already done a lot. For example, the number of women in work has grown enormously. In 1955 there were more than twice as many men as women in jobs. Now there are two women for every three men at work. That's the first thing,

THE MARY CELESTE

The Mary Celeste was built in 1861 in Nova Scotia, Canada, as a cargo-carrying sailing ship. When it was launched, it was given the name Amazon. It was not a lucky ship. The first captain died a few days after it was registered, and on its first voyage, in 1862, it was badly damaged in a collision. While it was being repaired in port, it caught fire.

In 1863, it crossed the Atlantic for the first time, and in the English Channel it collided with another ship that sank. The Amazon was badly damaged itself. In 1867, it ran aground on Cape Breton Island, off the Canadian coast, and had to be rebuilt. It was then sold and the name was changed to the Mary Celeste. Sailors are very superstitious and dislike sailing on ships which have been unlucky or which have changed their names. Many sailors refused to sail on the Mary Celeste.

Brian Cox: Why we need the explorers

Brian Cox: Why we need the explorers

About this talk

In tough economic times, our exploratory science programs -- from space probes to the LHC -- are first to suffer budget cuts. Brian Cox explains how curiosity-driven science pays for itself, powering innovation and a profound appreciation of our existence.

Dan Pink on the surprising science of motivation

Аналитик карьерного роста Дэн Пинк исследует тайны мотивации, начиная с факта, известного учёным, но не менеджерам: Традиционная идея вознаграждения не столь эффективна, как нам кажется. Прислушайтесь к поучительным историям и возможным перспективам.

Concorde’s Birthday

CONCORDE, the world’s fastest passenger plane, will soon be over 41 years old. It first flew on 2 March 1969 in France. Concorde was developed by both France and Britain. From 1956 these two countries had a dream of a supersonic passenger plane. In 1962 they started to work together on the project. The plane costr over 1.5 billion pounds to develop. It is the most tested plane in the history. It was given over 5000 hours of testing. Concorde flies at twice the speed of sound .This means that it takes only 3 hours 25 minutes to fly between London and New York, compare with 7—8 hours in other passenger jets. Because of the five-hour time difference between the USA and Britain, it is possible to travel west on Concorde and arrive in New York before you leave London! You can catch the 10:30a.m. flight from London, Heathrow and start work in New York an hour earlier! Concorde is much used by business people and film stars. Each Concorde is built at a cost of 55 million pounds. Twenty have been built so far. Air France and British Airway own the most. They each have seven planes.

Jill Bolte Taylor's stroke of insight

Джил Боулт Тейлор получила возможность для исследования мозга, о которой вряд ли мечтал хоть один специалист: она перенесла обширный инсульт и наблюдала, как функции ее собственного мозга – движения, речь, самосознание – отказывали одна за другой. Поразительная история.
Jill Bolte Taylor got a research opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: She had a massive stroke, and watched as her brain functions -- motion, speech, self-awareness -- shut down one by one. An astonishing story.
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight.html

Some Irregular English Verbs - Part 2

#	Infinitive	Past Infefinite	Past Participle	Переклад
11	Eat	Ate	Eaten	Їсти
12	Fall	Fell	Fallen	Падати
13	Feed	Fed	Fed	Годувати
14	Feel	Felt	Felt	Почуватися
15	Find	Found	Found	Знаходити
16	Fly	Flew	Flown	Літати
17	Forget	Forgot	Forgotten	Забувати
18	Get	Got	Got	Отримувати
19	Give	Gave	Given	Давати
20	Go	Went	Gone	Йти

Some Irregular English Verbs - Part 1

#	Infinitive	Past Infefinite	Past Participle	Переклад
1	Be	Was, were	Bin	Бути
2	Become	Became	Become	Ставати кии/чим
3	Begin	Began	Begun	Починати(ся)
4	Bring	Brought	Brought	Приносити
5	Build	Built	Built	Будувати
6	Buy	Bought	Bought	Купувати
7	Come	Came	Come	Приходити
8	Do	Did	Done	Робити
9	Drink	Drank	Drunk	Пити
10	Drive	Drove	Driven	Їхати, водити (автомобіль)